VIDEOS: The people’s voices

ARTICLE: The ban on blood

By Josh Weaver Policies set in place by the Food and Drug Administration barring certain individuals from donating blood date back to 1983, coinciding with the increased concern of spreading the then newly discovered AIDS virus. Since that time, the FDA has maintained the restrictions on people who’ve, since 1977, engaged in male-to-male sexual relations, [...]

BLOG: A donation experience

Warning: graphic descriptions ahead. By Adam Murphy  In my pursuit of information about blood drives, the medical staff of the Stanford donation bus lassoed me into giving blood. After agreeing to give blood, I filled out the necessary paperwork and undertook the necessary medical tests. People were being shuffled in and out the whole time, [...]